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e. A. HAuvEGEs.

WICK .HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 25. 1917.

Patented. Aug. 12, 1919.

, WMZ/W GUSTAVE ALZPHON SE HALIVEGES, 01E TARBES, FRANCE.

WICK-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 12, 1919.

Application filed April 25, 1917. Serial No. 164,581.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GUs'rAvn ALrHoNsn HALIviiens, a citizen of the French Republic, residing at at Avenue Bertrand Barrere, Tarbes, France, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Wick-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved device for containing or holding the wicks of automatic lighters.

The invention has for its object to provide a closed device capable of adaptation to all kinds of automatic lighters, and designed to contain or inclose the wicks thereof in such manner as to prevent the ignition of the pockets of garments and to constantly keep the wicks in a dry condition.

A suitable manner of carrying out the invention will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 shows one member of the case in elevation and transverse section.

Fig. 2 shows the other member of the case in elevation and transverse section.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged elevational view of the wick operating spindle or shaft; and

Fig. 4: is an enlarged sectional elevation through the box or case with the lids assembled on the spindle.

The wick containing device shown comprises a metallic box or case two lids or parts A and B perforated at their centers for the passage therethrough of a spindle or shaft C, one lid or part fitting into the other. The two lids are formed with cooperating slots or projections F. R. forming a step in order tomaintain the stability of the two lids and to prevent one rotating in relation to the other. One of the lids, B, is provided with an external chimney tube T wherein the wick K slides. At the end E of the chinmey tube T, the wick K protrudes, to which end is attached a cap or stifler G of conical shape by means of a chain L or the like. The

inner lid A is formed with an aperture for the passage of the wick.

The two lids of the box are connected together at their centers by the rotatable cylindrical spindle or shaft C, which spindle is provided with two tangs or hooks I. J. fixed on the same in order to hook onto or grip one end of the wick and spirally wind the latter around the said spindle when it is rotated in the box. The spindle or shaft is internally screwthreaded at one end down to half its length for the reception of a thumb screw H. At the other end of the spindle or shaft C a movable ring M is fitted by means of which it can be operated to cause the wick to enter into the box or case and wherein it is completely located.

Figs. 3 and A have been made fairly large for the clarity of the description of the mechanism of the device. The latter may Vary in size.

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention and in what manner same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is A wick container for pocket lighters, comprising two recessed lids and a chimney tube attached thereto forming a wick casing rovided with a central hole, a stifler cap at the end of the chimney, a spindle in said central hole upon which the wick is wound, two hooks on said spindle for securing the end of the wick thereto, a thumb screw screwed into one end of said spindle and a movable ring at the opposite end of the same for operating the spindle to advance the wick from the casing and back, substantially as described.

In witness whereof I aflix my signature.

GUSTAVE ALPHONSE HALIVEGES.

WVitnesses: Roe. NALVEIS, R. H. BARKSDALE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. 

